Common Birds in Alberta
Our list for Alberta has 76 common birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 45 summer visitors, 19 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alberta in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made